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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

July 8, 2013 marks
the beginning of the birth centenary of Comrade Jyoti Basu, an outstanding
leader of the Communist Party and the Left movement in India. Jyoti Basu, in
his nearly seven decades of work as a Communist, left an indelible imprint on
the political map of the country. He
joined the Communist Party in 1940 and began his work in the railway trade
union movement. In 1946, he was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly from
the Railway constituency. Since then, in
his long parliamentary career, he became the role model for all Communists and
progressives on how to work in parliamentary institutions and serve the people.

Jyoti Basu played a key role in the
development of the Communist Party in West Bengal
and at the all-India level. He was the Secretary of the Provincial Committee of
the CPI from 1954 to 1960. He became a member of the Central Committee of the
CPI in 1951. When the CPI(M) was formed, he became one of the founder Polit
Bureau and Central Committee members.

Jyoti Basu became Chief Minister of the Left
Front government of West Bengal in 1977 – a
position he occupied continuously till 2000.
Before that, he was twice Deputy Chief Minister in the UF governments
between 1967 and 1970. Under his
leadership, the government undertook the implementation of land reforms and the
establishment of the panchayati raj system.

Under Jyoti Basu’s Chief Ministership, West Bengal became a bastion of communal harmony and
secular values. He played a leading role
in advocating the restructuring of Centre-State relations and for establishing
a federal system.

Jyoti Basu was a leader who creatively
applied Marxism to the concrete Indian conditions and made an immense
contribution in charting out the course for the Party.

Jyoti Basu, in his lifetime, became a symbol
for the Left, democratic and secular forces in the country.

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) calls for a
year-long celebration of the birth centenary of Jyoti Basu beginning from July
8, 2013. The centenary will be observed
by holding meetings, seminars and a special campaign to propagate the life and contributions
of this invaluable leader.